Kofi Annan says his meeting with Assad today in Damascus was "constructive"

UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan said he had a "constructive" meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday. "I had constructive and candid talks with President Assad," he told reporters at a Damascus hotel, echoing Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi who described the meeting as "constructive and good".